Window.



J. GOONEY.

WIN

APPLIUATION PI DOW.

LED AUG.11, 190s.

Patented Nov. 23, 1

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WINDOW APBLIOATION Hum AUG. 11, 1908.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFQE.

JOHN COONEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO SAFETY WINDOW COMPANY, OF NEVI YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEI/V YORK.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CooNnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful I'Vindow, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in windows.

llhe object of the present invention is to improve the construction of windows, and to provide a window equipped with simple, inexpensive and eticient means for enabling vertically movable balanced sashes, without permitting the sash weights to fall, to be swung horizontally into and out of the window'frame, when it is desired either to open the sashes for ventilation, or to afford access to the sashes Jfor cleaning the exterior of the window.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing's, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing` from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings :MFigure 1 is an elevation of a window, constructed in accordance with this invention, a portion of the hinged bead being broken away to illustrate the cord holding means of the upper and lower sashes. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view, taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, the sashes being closed. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the left hand side of the window the sashes being swung out of the window frame. Fig. 4t is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of the right hand side of the window frame. Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the cord holding mechanism of the lower sash, the parts being arranged for connecting the cord member with the sash member. Fig. 6 is a similar view, the cord member being connected with the frame member for holding the sash cord when the lower sash is swung out of the window frame. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the sash member. Fig. 8 is a similar view of the cord member.` Fig. 9 is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 11, 1908.

Patented Nov. 23, 1969.

serial No. 4473975.

a detail view of the frame member. Figs. 10 and 11 are detail views, illustrating the ar rangement of the sliding boltfor locking the hinged strip or bead in its closed position.

Like numerals of reference designate core responding parts in all the l'igures of the drawings.

1 designates a window frame provided with upper and lower sashes 2 and 3, which are slidable vertically in the window frame in the usual manner to raise and lower them. The window frame at the left. hand side is provided with the usual guiding means for the upper and lower sashes, it being equipped with vertical ways formed by inner and outer fixed beads 4 and 5 and an intermediate parting bead 6, which is also iXed to t-he window frame. The window frame is provided at the right hand side with a hinged bead or strip 7, secured to the window frame by means of hinges 8, located at the front inner face of the window frame to permit the bead or strip 7 to swing outward horizontally from the window :trame to a position in front of the same, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Then the hinged bead is open, the upper and lower sashes are adapted to swing out of the window frame. The hinged strip or bead 7 is equipped at its lower end with a vertically sildable bolt 7a, mounted in a longitudinal bore or opening of the lower end of the strip or bead, and provided witha horizontally disposed inger piece 7b by means of which the bolt may be readily raised and lowered to engage it with and disengage it from a socket 8a of the bottom of the window Jframe. The bead is provided with a longitudinal slot 8* in which operates the stem or shank of the handle or thumb piece 7. Any other suitable means, however, may be employed for locking the hinged bead or strip in its closed position.

In order to enable the sashes to swing horizontally the window frame is provided at the left hand side with fixed hinge elements 9 and 10, provided with vertical pintles and secured to the parting strip 6 in position to receive eyes 11 and l2 of the upper sash, when the latter is lowered. rhe hinge elements 9 consist of a vertical attaching portion, a vertical pintle and a horizontal connecting portion, as clearly illustrated in Fig. l of'the drawings. The eyes 11 and 12,

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which constitute the other element of the hinge connections, consist of a vertical attaching plate and a horizontal lug provided t with an opening to receive the pintle. The lower sash is also equipped with eyes 13 and 14, adapted to fit over vertical pintles of horizontally swinging hinge elements 15 and 16, which are pivoted to brackets 17 and 1S. The brackets 17 and 18 are secured to the left hand side of the window frame at the front, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and each of the brackets consists of a vertical attaching portion and a pair of spaced ears, through which passes a vertical pivot 19 for connecting the horizontally swinging hinge element to the bracket. The horizontally swinging hinge element is provided at its free end with a vertical pintle 20, and it has an outwardly projecting arm 21, arranged at an angle to the body portion of the horizontally swinging hinge element and located in the path of and adapted to be engaged by the sash when the same is swung outward, whereby the horizontally swinging hinge element is caused to oscillate on the pivot 19. The arm 21 provides a stop for limiting the swinging movement of the sashes independently of the hinge elements 15. rfhe hinge element 9 is located slightly above the lower sash when the latter is at the limit of its downward movement, and the other hinge element 10 is arranged slightly above the lower hinge of the lower sash. Vhen the lower sash is nearly closed, its eyes 13 and 14 are in engagement with the pintles of the horizontally swinging hinge elements, and when the upper sash is lowered to the limit of its downward movement, its eyes 11 and 12 are carried into engagement with the hinge elements 9 and 10. The sashes may then be swung horizontally to the left hand side of the window, as shown in Fig. 3, and they are thereby carried out of the window frame and into the room or apartment.

The sash cords of the sash weights 22 and 23 at the left hand side of the window are connected with the upper and lower sashes in the usual manner, and as they do not interfere with the horizontally swinging movement of the sashes, they do not require any detail explanation. The sash weights 24 and 25 at the right hand side of the window must be disconnected from the upper and lower sashes, and in order to prevent the sash weights from dropping, mechanism is provided for automatically disconnecting the sash cords 26 and 27 from the sashes and for securing them to the window frame when the said sashes are open, and the said mechanism also operates to reconnect the sash cords with thev sashes when they are swung horizontally into the window frame. The sash cords may consist Vof the ordinary sash ropes, as shown, but

sash chains, or any other form of sash cords may be employed, as will be readily understood. The cord holding mechanism 28 of the lower sash is arranged at the upper right hand corner of the said sash, and the cord holding mechanism 29 of the upper sash is located a short distance below the top of the same to arrange it in the same horizontal plane as the cord holding mechanism of the lower sash, when the two sashes are at the bottom of the window in position for swinging them inward. As the cord holding mechanism of each sash is constructedthe same, a detail description of the mechanism otl the lower sash will be sufficient to enable the cord holding mechanism of each sash to be thoroughly understood.

The cord holding mechanism of the lower sash includes a fixed frame member 30, a relatively movable sash member 31 and a cord member' 32, provided with a dog 33, automatically operated by the sash member 31 to connect the cord member with the trame member 30, when the sash is swung outward, and similarly operable..to disconnect the cord member from the frame member and reconnect the former with the sash member when the sash is closed. The fixed frame member consists of a plate secured over a recess 33a of the window frame and provided with an L-shaped slot 34, communicating with the recess and adapted to permit the dog 33 to extend through the iixed member 3() and engage the inner face thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The fixedV member, which is pierced by screws 35, or other suitable fastening devices for securing it to the window frame, is fitted in a recess ot' the same, and is provided at its outer edge with a vertical lange 36, adapted lto fit against the outer side of the cord membei` when the lower sash is at the limit ot' its downward movement. The flange 36, which prevents outward movement of the cord member, when theA same is secured to the frame member, is provided at the bottom with a recess 37 to permit the passage of the lugs 33, which operate the dog 33.

The cord member consists of a substantially oblong casing, composed ot' a plate provided with inner and outer vertical side flanges or walls 39 and 40 and having a lower horizontal end wall 41. The cord member is also provided with upper and lower horizontal iianges or partitions 42 and 43. T ie upper partition 42 is provided p with an opening 44 through which passes the sash cord 27, which is provided with a loop 4G for engaging an arm 47, preferably cast integral with the plate of the cord member and located below the upper horizontal partition 42. The arm 47 extends downward at an inclination, and the tension of the sash cord maintains the loop in engageeinem nient with the inclined arm. The partition 42 maintains the sash cord against outward movementI with respect to the inner upper end of the arm.

The dog, which operates in the space between the lower end wall 41 and the lower flange 43, is connected with the casing by a vertical pivot 48, which pierces the end wall and the partition 43. The dog is provided at one end with an upwardly extending arm flange 54 at its outer edge. The horizontal ange 53 extends over the top oi the cord member, and the outer flange 54 assists in steadying the said cord member when the latter is connected with the sash member. The engagement of the sash member with the cord member serves to connect the latter t and the sash cord with the sash, which is g balanced by the weights 24 and 25, when adapted to extend through the slot 34 ofi the frame member for interlocking` the cord member with the same. Vhen the L-sliaped dog extends through the L-shaped slot, it projects above the upper edO'e of the adjacent portion of the slot and positively interlocks the cord-holding member with the frame member. The partition 43 is cutaway at one end to provide a recess 50 to receive the upwardly extending arm 49, when the dog is swung inward into the casing to disconnect the cord member from the frame member.

The dog is provided at an intermediate point with a horizontal lug 51, and its inner or rear end forms a terminal extension, the lug and the extension being arranged to operate at a slot 52 or" the lower portion of the frame member and adapted to be engaged by the lugs 38 of the sash member. The lugs 38, which are located at the lower portion of the sash member, extend horizontally therefrom, and are beveled or rounded at their opposite outer faces and have flat vertical parallel inner faces. The lug 5l of the dog lies in the recess or space between i the lower sash is closed. 49, forming an L-shaped engaging portion i The window frame is provided at the right hand side with an outer fixed bead arranged in parallelism and coperating the window frame, and when the lower sash i is swung outwardly, the rear lug 38 engages the lug 5l of the dog and swings the latter on its pivot to carry its L-shaped engaging portion through the slot 34 of the traine 1 member. When the lower sash is swung back into the frame, the rear lug 38 just clears or misses the lug 5l and stiikes the terminal portion or extension ot' the dog and swings the latter out of engagement the dog to its normal position. movement of the dog is positively completed by the front lug 38 engaging `the lug '51. The lugs 38 and 5l form an interlocking with the hinged strip or bead to forni a guide. T ie right hand side of the window frame is also designed to be provided at the upper portion with a parting bead, which is omitted at the lower portion to permit the lower sash to swing out of the window frame.

As the cord holding mechanism is automatically operated by the outward movement of the sash to uncouple or disconnect the sash cord from the sash and to connect the said coid to the window frame, and as it is automatically operated by the inward movement of the sash to connect or couple the sash cord to the same when the sash is returned or replaced in the window frame, the devices may be advantageously employed in windows at each side thereof for permitting the sashes to be readily placed in and removed therefrom without the use of tools.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is the lugs 38, when the lower sash is within l 7 l. In a device of the class described, the combination of a frame member, a cord member, a dog pivoted at a point between its lends to the cord member and having one end arranged to engage the traine member, and a sash member interlocked with and movable horizontally into and out of engagement with the cord member and provided with means for engaging the dog at the other end thereof to automatically operate the saine. with the frame member, thereby returning The return connection between the sash member and the 3 cord member, when the dog, through the vertical movement orn the lower sash, is carried away from the slot 34, and there is no liability of the cord members moving horiwhen the parts are thus interlocked.

The sash member consists of a plate secured in a recess 52 of the lower sash by screws or other suitable fastening devices, and provided at its top with a horizontal flange 53 and having a narrow vertical 2. in a device of the class described, the combination of' a frame member, a cord member, a dog pivoted at a point between its ends to the cord member and having one end arranged to engage the :traine member, and a sash member provided with a fixed projecting portion for directly engaging the cord member and supporting the sash thereon and movable horizontally into and out of such engagement, said sash member being zontally with respect to the sash member also provided with means for engaging the dog at the other end thereof' for automatically operating the same.

3. n a device of the class described, the combination with a window frame, a sash movable into and out of the window frame, and a weight having a sash cord, of a tra frame member secured to the window frame, a sash member mounted on the sash, a cord member connected with the sash cord and directly engaged with the sash member, and a locking device pivoted at an intermediate point to the cord member and provided at one end with means for engaging the frame member and having means at its other end arranged to be engaged by the sash member, whereby the locking device is operated.

it. In a device of the class described, the combination of a frame member consisting of a plate having a vertical flange at its outer edge, a sash member, a cord member' located between the said members and slidable on the frame member along the inner face of the said vertical flange and directly engaged by the sash member for supporting the sash on the cord member, the latter being movable horizontally out of suoli engagement, and locking mechanism operated by the horizontal movement of the sash member for connecting the cord member with the frame member and for disconnecting it therefrom.

5. 1n a window of the class described, the combination of a fixed member provided with a slot, a cord member, a locking device movably mounted on the cord member and arranged to extend through the slot from one face of the frame member and provided with means for engaging the opposite face of the same, and means for detachably connecting the cord member with a sash.

6. In a window of the class described, the combination of a frame member provided with an L-shaped slot, a cord member, a pivoted dog carried by the cord member and provided with a substantially L-shaped engaging portion arranged to extend through the slot of the frame member and engaging the inner face thereof, and a sash member provided with means for engaging the cord member.

7. A window of the class described provided with cord-holding mechanism including a cord member consisting of an oblong casing having parallel walls, and a lower end wall and provided with upper and lower horizontal partitions connecting the side walls, the upper partition having a sash cord-receiving opening and the said casing being also provided with a fixed inclined arm located between the horizontal partitions and adapted to engage the sash cord, and a dog pivotally mounted between the lower horizontal partition and the said end wall for connecting the cord member' with the window frame, and separate means for connecting the cord member with the sash.

8. A window of the class described provided with cord holding mechanism including a cord member, a pivoted dog mounted on the cord member for connecting the same with a window frame, and a sash member having fixed means for directly engaging the cord member and provided with separate means for operating the pivoted dog.

9. A window of the class described provided with cord holding mechanism including a cord member, a pivoted dog mounted on the cord member for connecting the same with the window frame, and a sash member having fixed means for directly engaging the cord member and provided with spaced projecting lugs for operating the dog.

10. A window of the class described provided with cord holding mechanism including a cord member, a dog pivotally mounted at an intermediate point on the cord member and arranged to engage a window frame and provided with a lug and having a terminal extension, and a sash member having fixed means for directly engaging the cord member and provided with spaced lugs arranged to engage the lug and the extension of the dog in the inward and outward movements of the sash member for operatinig the said dog.

ll. A window of the class described provided with cor'd holding mechanism including a cord member, a dog pivotally mounted on the cord member for connecting the same with a window frame, and a sash member having a rigid projecting flange vdirectly engaging the cord member and provided with means for actuating the dog.

12. A window of the class described provided with cord holding mechanism including a frame member designed to be mounted on a window frame and having a slot and provided at the outer side with a vertical flange, a cord member consisting of a casing arranged to fit against the said flange and slidable vertically on the frame member, a locking device mounted in the said casing and arranged to extend through the slot of the frame member, and a sashV member provided with a rigid flange or projection for directly and detachably engaging `the cord member and supporting the sash thereon and having means for operating the locking device.

13. A window of the class described provided with cord holding mechanism including a cord member, a fixed frame member provided with means for engaging the cord member at the outer side thereof, .a pivoted locking device carried by the cord member for engaging the frame member at an intermediate point between the inner and outer edges thereof, and a sash member direct-ly engaging the cord member and supporting the sash thereon and movable horizont-ally into and out of such engagement and provided with means carried by such horizontal movement into engagement with the locking device for operating the latter.

14;. A window of the class described provided With cord holding mechanism including a cord member consisting of an oblong casing provided at the bottom With a slot, a frame member provided with means for engaging the cord member for holding the same against horizontal movement, a pivoted locking device mounted Within the casing at the said slot and arranged to engage the frame member, and a sash member detachably engaging the cord member and movable horizontally into and out of such engagement and provided With projecting means extending into the slot of the casing and carried by the horizontal movement of the sash member into engagement with the pivoted locking device for operating the same.

l5. A device of the class described including a frame member consisting of a plate designed to be secured to a Window frame and provided at its outer edge With a vertical flange and having a slot at an intermediate point between the flange and the inner edge of the plate, a cord member slidable on the frame member at the inner face of said flange, a pivoted dog mounted on the cord member and arranged to extend through the slot of the frame member, and a sash member provided With means for operating the dog.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN COONEY.

Witnesses J AMES JOHNSON,

J. A. McCoy. 

